AFTERGLOW

AFTERGLOW IS THE FOLLOW UP ALBUM TO MECHANICAL MEMORIES RELEASED ON MAY 24, 2016. IT IS A AGGRESSIVE YET SMOOTH COLLECTION OF SONGS. 

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AFTER WORKING WITH DREAM THEATER ON THEIR SELF TITLED ALBUM DREAM THEATER, HE WAS INSPIRED TO TRY THINGS HE HAS NEVER TRIED BEFORE. UNLIKE MECHANICAL MEMORIES, KEVIN DOVE INTO HIS COMFORT ZONE OF HEAVY METAL/PROGRESSIVE ROCK AND BEGAN WRITING IN EARLY 2013. EACH SONG WAS WRITTEN AROUND A SIMPLE SONG STRUCTURE BUT WITHIN EACH SONG ARE MORE COMPLEX UNDERTONES AND SUBTLE TIME CHANGES. 

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THE ORIGINAL TITLE FOR THE ALBUM WAS TENSION & SUSPENSION, BUT AFTER THE PASSING OF HIS GRANDMOTHER THE TITLE WAS CHANGED. THE NEW TITLE WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE AFTERGLOW WAS THE NAME OF THE POEM ON HIS GRANDMOTHER'S FUNERAL CARD. WHILE WRITING THE SONG "AFTERGLOW" HE WAS GIVEN THE NEWS ABOUT THE PASSING, AND AFTERWARDS IMMEDIATELY REWROTE THE SONG TO COINCIDE WITH THE EMOTIONS OF LOOSING A LOVED ONE. 

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MANY DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS AND TUNINGS WERE EXPERIMENTED WITH DURING THE RECORDING PROCESS BUT HE MAINLY STUCK WITH HIS 12 PIECE 1979 LUDWIG DRUMS, PRS GUITARS, IBANEZ BASS, AND YAMAHA MOTIF KEYBOARD.  KEVIN PERFORMED THE MAJORITY OF THE INSTRUMENTATION ON THE ALBUM, BUT ALSO INVITED GUITARIST RODRIGO GOZALBEZ FROM ARGENTINA TO HELP WRITE AND PERFORM ON NUMEROUS TRACKS. 

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DURING BOTH THE WRITING AND RECORDING PROCESS KEVIN TOOK A FEW HIATUS'. AS HARD AS IT MAY BE, STEPPING AWAY FROM THE MUSIC FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME IS SOMETHING KEVIN STRONGLY BELIEVES IN. BECAUSE OF THIS PROCESS IT TOOK AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME TO COMPLETE THE RECORD.  KEVIN ALSO MIXED THE ALBUM AND AFTER STARTING THE MIXING PROCESS AT GERMANO STUDIOS NYC, HE FINISHED IT AT HIS HOME STUDIO. AFTER 3 YEARS OF WRITING, RECORDING, AND MIXING, AFTERGLOW IS FINALLY AVAILABLE FOR YOUR LISTENING!